Chinese companies bought up European ports — and now Brussels is starting to worry

Chinese companies own stakes in about 30 European ports, and that’s raising security concerns.

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Macron calls on EU companies to freeze investments in US

French president says Europe shouldn’t invest in America “for some time until we have clarified things.”

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The new normal: Controlled trade

What we’re observing among developed nations is a gradual but perceptible shift away from uncontrolled free trade, and a move toward the increasing imposition controls and measures.

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‘Canada’s indigenous communities are seeking deals with China that could give Beijing access to the country’s natural resources, despite warnings from Canadian security services over doing business with Xi Jinping’s government.

’We’ve been oppressed and repressed by our own government … I know the history with China is not good but we have an understanding of what we need and what they need.

’China has spotted an opportunity in the sometimes fraught relations between Canada’s national and provincial governments and indigenous groups’.

Yet another serious national security failure from the Trudeau Government.

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Paris backs €15B sale of paracetamol-maker to US fund after winning guarantees

French public investment bank to buy shares in Sanofi subsidiary amid American takeover.

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Macron meets Xi: Two emperors on the edge of two wars 

Amid arguments over electric cars, cognac and Ukraine, the French president’s dinner with Xi Jinping may not be much fun. 

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UK signals potential curbs on Chinese investment amid ‘derisking’ push

Deputy PM Oliver Dowden will take steps to deliver on pledge to Joe Biden to confront China trade quandary.

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Encouraging the spread of innovation for blood cancer in Europe

The EU’s Beating Cancer plan states that unless we take action, lives lost to cancer in Europe are set to increase by more than 24 percent by 2035, and it wants to see greater use of approved innov…

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EU wards off Russian tech investment via its startup fund

Russian investors ‘are totally banned’ from co-investing with the EU’s venture capital fund, its board president says.

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